This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Establishing the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission (Act No. 48 of 2009) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following item come into effect as of the date specified in that item.

①Any license, permission, authorization, approval, designation or other dispositions given, or notification made, or other acts taken prior to effectuating this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to revision by this Act (including orders pursuant thereto; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Laws and Regulations"), is deemed to be a license, permission, authorization, approval, designation or other dispositions given, or notification made, or other acts taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after revision by this Act (including orders pursuant thereto; hereinafter referred to as the "New Laws and Regulations"), except as otherwise specified in laws and orders.

②Except as otherwise specified by laws and regulations, the filing of an application for licensing, the filing of a notification, or any comparable action that has been undertaken pursuant to the Former Laws and Regulations by the time this Act comes into effect, is deemed to constitute the filing of an application for licensing, the filing of a notification, or a comparable action that has been undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.

③With respect to the particulars for which reports, notification, submission or other procedures must be made prior to effectuating this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations, for which such procedures have not yet been taken prior to the Effective Date of this Act, the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations apply after effectuating this Act, deeming that such procedures have not yet been taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations, except as otherwise specified in laws and orders.

A Cabinet Office Order set forth in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or a Ministerial Order set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act issued pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations is to remain in force as the corresponding Cabinet Office Order set forth in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or the corresponding Ministerial Order set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act issued pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations, except as otherwise specified in laws and orders.

As to the applicability of penal provisions to acts which a person conducts before this Act comes into effect, and the applicability of penal provisions to acts which a person conducts after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.